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Geek News: March 10, 2009
On this date in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

Expect two more Chronicles of Riddick movies in the future.

With production on a big screen Green Lantern movie supposedly starting in the next few months in order for it to make its December, 17, 2010 release date. The Latest according to it’s producer Donald de Line is, that it’ll be more Iron Man than Dark Knight in tone.

20th Century Fox is developing a Fantastic Four reboot.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is planning to launch a netbook computer with a touch screen monitor as early as the second half of this year. The mini laptop computers will likely have monitor screens that are between 9.7-inches and 10-inches. Netbooks are primarily designed for Internet browsing and mobile computing. They cost less than conventional laptop computers, and are lighter and smaller

Someone is posting notes on lampposts and street signs in Melbourne, Australia. No one's sure exactly where or when. What's known is that there have been 12 of them, they are incredibly bizarre, and they are the handiwork of someone named Craig. An example of Craig's work:

I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE INVENTED A TIME MACHINE ALL GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN I'LL MATERALISE RIGHT HERE AT 11:37AM ON FRIDAY. THIS IS JUST A COURTESY NOTE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT STANDING IN THIS SPOT AT THE TIME. THINGS MIGHT GET QUITE MESSY IF YOU ARE. ALSO I WON'T BE ARRIVING IN A DELOREAN, BE NAKED OR BE HALF MAN HALF FLY. THIS ISN'T THE MOVIES YOU KNOW. —— CRAIG

Pictures of the signs have been posted on various Internet forums, but nobody seems to know anything about them. Time magazine even did a short story on it website about Craig's notes and has asked Craig to contact them